Margot Lemire Explained

Margot Lemire
Birth Name:Marguerite Lemire
Birth Date:1946 12, df=y
Birth Place:Poularies, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Amos, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:Poet
Playwright

Marguerite "Margot" Lemire (17 December 1946 – 10 March 2024) was a Canadian writer, poet, and playwright.[1]

Biography

Born in Poularies on 17 December 1946, Lemire taught French in secondary school before becoming a union activist.[2] She was also a lecturer at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. After fifteen years of teaching, she devoted herself to writing and social work.[3] She became general director of the Corporation de développement communautaire d’Amos-région and worked at the Conseil régional de développement de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue.[4] [5] In 2002, she sat on the implementation committee of the Réseau livre savoir.[6] She published three collections of poetry as well as several theatre pieces and various books.[2] She took part in poetry readings in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and attended the .[7]

Lemire moved to La Motte, where her community involvement included the foundation of the cultural organization La Pariole in 1994. The following year, she co-founded Show de La Motte.[8] She continued writing her texts and poems throughout the next decades.[9] [10] A tribute was paid to her at the 25th edition of the Show de La Motte in April 2023.[11] In 2012, her text, titled La Motte, mon village en Abitibi, won the first edition of the Mon village, c’est le meilleur! competition, organized by the magazine Vivre à la campagne.[12] In April 2023, the Ensemble Aiguebelle organized a concert titled Les Chants de mes déparlures inspired by her works.[13] [14] [15]

Margot Lemire died in Amos on 10 March 2024, at the age of 77.[16]

Works

Poetry

Chronicles

Collective works

Theatre pieces

Other texts

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Paquin. Marie-Hélène. 11 March 2024. La poétesse et dramaturge abitibienne Margot Lemire s’éteint. French. Ici Radio-Canada Télé. 29 March 2024.
  2. News: Guindon. Martin. 11 March 2024. Décès de Margot Lemire : " Les gens se reconnaissaient dans sa littérature ". French. Ici Radio-Canada Télé. Abitibi-Témiscamingue. 29 March 2024.
  3. News: St-Hilaire. Cynthia. 3 October 2004. " Je suis retombée en amour avec moi ". French. Le Citoyen.
  4. News: Lévesque. Dave. 25 April 1999. Margot Lemire prédit la perte de 150 emplois d’ici la fin de l'année. French. Le Citoyen.
  5. News: 13 March 2024. Deux monuments de la culture régionale s’envolent en même temps. French. Le Citoyen Val-d'Or Amos. 29 March 2024.
  6. Web site: Brève histoire du Réseau libre savoir. Réseau livre savoir. French.
  7. News: 9 March 2017. Le 41e Salon du livre de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue affiche la couleur de ses mots. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20240318011333/https://www.iheartradio.ca/energie/energie-rouyn/nouvelles/le-41e-salon-du-livre-de-l-abitibi-temiscamingue-affiche-la-couleur-de-ses-mots-1.2458679. 18 March 2024. French. iHeartRadio Canada. 29 March 2024.
  8. News: Ouellet. Ariane. 1 April 2010. Du déficit à la postérité. French. L'Indice bohémien. 29 March 2024.
  9. News: St-Hilaire. Catherine. 4 May 2005. Le Show de La Motte fait salle comble. French. L'Écho.
  10. News: Landry. Luc. 30 April 1997. Un autre spectacle exceptionnel à La Motte. French. L'Écho.
  11. News: Gauthier. Audrey-Anne. 13 April 2023. 25e édition du Show de La Motte. French. Le Citoyen Rouyn. 29 March 2024.
  12. News: Gervais. Bruce. 1 May 2012. Margot Lemire mise sur La Motte. French. L'indice bohémien. 29 March 2024.
  13. News: Gauthier. Audrey-Anne. 22 September 2022. " Les chants de mes déparlures " présenté par l’Ensemble Aiguebelle. French. Le Citoyen Val d'Or Amos. 29 March 2024.
  14. News: Pronovist. Chloe. 5 September 2023. L’Orchestre symphonique régional : Au rythme des émotions. French. Le Citoyen Rouyn. 29 March 2024.
  15. News: 6 September 2023. L'Orchestre symphonique dévoile sa 37e programmation. French. Radio-Canada OHdio. 29 March 2024.
  16. News: Hall. Kimberley. 11 March 2024. Décès de l’artiste abitibienne Margot Lemire. French. TVA Abitibi-Temiscamingue. 29 March 2024.
  17. News: 16 February 2017. Margot Lemire lance La semeuse de perles. French. Le Citoyen Rouyn. 29 March 2024.
  18. News: 6 January 2017. Margot Lemire revient avec un ouvrage de poésie d'envergure. French. Ici Radio-Canada Télé. 29 March 2024.
  19. News: Labrèche. Pierre. 2 March 2017. Margot Lemire, La semeuse de perles. French. L'indice bohémien. 29 March 2024.
  20. News: 14 May 2014. Amos littéraire, un parfum de centenaire. French. L'indice bohémien. 29 March 2024.
  21. Web site: Les deux temps de Maria. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. French.
  22. Web site: Lemire, Margot. L'infocentre littéraire des écrivains québécois. French.
  23. News: 15 February 2017. Le Steinway centenaire du Centre musical En sol mineur : l'histoire d'un piano et de son âme. French. HuffPost. 29 March 2024.
  24. Web site: La semeuse de perles - Margot Lemire. Musée d'art de Rouyn-Noranda. French.
  25. News: 16 June 2017. L'oeuvre de Margot Lemire saluée à l'Assemblée nationale. French. Ici Radio-Canada-Télé. 29 March 2024.

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